A sancai and blue-glazed pottery box and cover, Tang dynasty | 唐 三彩加藍蓋盒

A sancai and blue-glazed pottery box and cover

Tang dynasty

唐 三彩加藍蓋盒

of flattened circular form, the cover with seven cream-and-amber dapples reserved against a cobalt-blue ground, the sides of the cover and box both splashed with cream and amber glazes, the interior of the box cream-glazed, the interior of the cover and the base of the box unglazed revealing the pinkish clay (2)

Diameter 2½ in., 6.2 cm